Dominic Hua's Success in Speak Out For Engineering (SOFE) Presentation Competition making waves in TNB and UNITEN Websites!

Dear Members,

Here is the link of the Dominic Hua's success in the recent SOFE National Finals in which Dominic Hua (from IMechE-UNITEN Student Chapter) had emerged as the National Champion and will be representing Malaysia for the Asia-Pacific Regional Finals in April 2009. This year's Asia-Pacific Regional Finals will be held in our beloved country, Malaysia. The previous finals were held in Australia and Hong Kong in 2008 and 2007. Details of the date and venue will be updated soon. We wish Dominic Hua the very best in carrying the 'Jalur Gemilang' and hopefully he will make the country proud. Till then, Happy New Year 2009 and let's pray for more success for UNITEN and IMechE-UNITEN Student Chapter.

Here is the link in TNB Website: http://www.tnb.com.my/tnb/highlights.php?Id=238
Here is the link in UNITEN Website: http://www.uniten.edu.my/newhome/content_list.asp?ContentID=3690


Regards,
Secretariat IMechE-UNITEN Student Chapter

Microwave Sintering Presentation (edited)

Dear IMechE members,

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IMechE Multimedia Bureau

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2009!

Dear IMechE Members,

The Committee of IMechE-UNITEN Student Chapter will like to take this opportunity to wish each and everyone of you Merry Christmas and happy New Year 2009! Continue to stay with us as there will be loads of interesting activities next year! Till then, stay in touch!

Wishing You A

Merry X'mas & Happy New Year!.

May

the Year 2009

Brings You Lots of Happiness, Good Health & Prosperity.

Ho....Ho...Ho...

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Season Greetings from IMechE President

Dear Colleague,

The past year has been a time of change and development for the Institution. Notable milestones have included;

* The launch of Engeneration, a membership network for school children studying engineering and a key component of our commitment to inspire the next generation
* The highest level of media coverage in the history of the Institution
* The highest number of paying events, with over 6000 seats sold in 2008
* Membership growth of 3% in 2008 (this when many other Institutions have been reducing)
* The largest awarding body for CEng, for the second year running
* International developments in India and China
* An outstanding Vision Awards Ceremony
* Increased links with key players in Government at both Westminster and Edinburgh.

2008 has also been a year of dramatic change beyond the world of engineering with the credit crisis and banking collapse causing unprecedented economic upheaval. This will impact us all in the year ahead but it has been encouraging to note the growing realisation among politicians and business leaders that the economy of the future should be based on real engineering as opposed to financial engineering.

The global challenges we face as a society will not be resolved without the expert contributions of engineers and that remains our challenge and opportunity.

May I take this opportunity to wish you and your families a peaceful and joyous Christmas season and a successful year ahead in 2009.

Best wishes

Professor William M Banks
President

'Cooling the Planet' in Parliament!

Dear members,

You will be pleased to know that the young members' 'Cooling the Planet' competition featured in a parliamentary committee enquiry on geo-engineering last Monday afternoon.

The link below will take you to a video that shows me giving evidence to the committee on behalf of the Institution and the competition came up several times during the 50 minute session; the main discussion about it being after around 30 minutes when one of the committee members asks me directly about the activity. We are having impact already, and we have only just started, so please say well done to those young members in your groups that are participating.

I am sure this is just a taster of what is to come in terms of political influence (according to our political affairs people, the competition was a key driver in the committee asking us to come forward to the oral session).

http://www.parliamentlive.tv/Main/VideoPlayer.aspx?meetingId=2832

In addition I have attached a news piece about our participation in the enquiry which will be placed on the front page of the IMechE website later today.

Kind regards,
Secretariat,
IMechE UNITEN

Gentle Reminder: Lecture Series

The Student Chapter and the College of Engineering are collaborating
in organizing the first lecture in the series entitled " Microwave
Processing of Various Materials and Its Advantages: An Overview" by
Prof. Dinesh Agrawal (Director of Microwave Processing and Engineering
Center, Penn State University, USA). The event will be held on 19th
December 2008 exclusively for its members. For further details on the
lecture please refer to the attachment.

Thank You

-- 
Secretariat
IMechE-UNITEN Student Chapter

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SOFE Results

Dear IMechE-UNITEN Student Chapter Members,

Just to share the good news that our final year ME student, Dominic Hua, won first prize in the competition "Speak Out For Engineering (SOFE)" which was held recently at Nottingham University. This event was organised by the IMechE Malaysia Branch in the quest to select a candidate to represent Malaysia in the Regional SOFE which will be held in Malaysia sometime in April 2009. Hence Dominic will be representing Malaysia in this event.

Attached is the report of the event.

Regards,

Secretariat
IMechE UNITEN STUDENT CHAPTER

click here to view the report

Membership drive

Dear IMechE-UNITEN Student Chapter Members,

On the 16 & 17 December 2008 (Tuesday & Wednesday) the Student Chapter will be organizing it's membership drive at COE. Members who have progressed to degree can now upgrade their status by completing the IMechE UK forms to enjoy the benefits of the event organized by the Young Members Section (YMS), IMechE Malaysia, and IMechE UK. So don't miss out on this opportunity. Please refer to the attachment for further information.

Please visit us in our booth for further information

Regards,

Secretariat,

IMechE UNITEN STUDENT CHAPTER

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IMechE-UNITEN Student Chapter Talk Series

Dear members,

There will be a talk on 19th December 2008.
The title is 'Microwave Processing of Various Materials and Its Advantage : An Overview'
Prof. Dinesh Agrawal will be the speaker of the day.
Venue is at BW G R28
Time : 9.45am - 11.30am

Please click here to view the poster.

Speak Out For Engineering Presentation (SOFE) Competition on the 10th Decemeber 2008

Dear Members,

Welcome back from your break! The student chapter had planned a whole variety of activities which will blow your mind throughout the semester. SOFE will be held on the 10th December in Nottingham University on the 10th Dec 08 from 4pm-9.30pm. Attached are the flyers and the program throughout the event. UNITEN will be represented by our very own President, Dominic. So what are you guys waiting for, please register your names and send your particulars to uniten.imeche@gmail.com. Thank you.

SPEAK OUT FOR ENGINEERING - AUDIENCE MEMBERS REQUIRED!!

Fellow Young Members

It is now time for our event of the year. Our 3^rd Annual Speak Out for Engineering Presentation Competition.

We, the YMS of IMechE Malaysia would like to cordially invite all of you to attend this competition which will be held at the University of Nottingham Teaching Center at the Chulan Towers on the 10^th of December 2008 at 4.00 p.m.

This year we have a total number of 7 participants coming from both the academic and industrial working areas. The winner will go on to represent Malaysia at the Regional finals next year (so come and give us all your support!!!)

I sincerely hope all of you would be able to join us on the 10^th and possibly even stay on for dinner after the competition.

Further details are highlighted in the attached flyer.

See you all there!!

Satesh


Click here to view the flyer

IMechE Networking Night

Dear IMechE Member,

We are pleased inform you of the above-mentioned event. Book early and benefit with the lower 'EARLY BIRD' price. For further information, please refer to the attached flyer.

See you there!

Ir. Michael Kwan
Honorary Secretary
Malaysia Branch

T +60 3 8076 5633
F +60 3 8070 9323
F +60 3 9080 4727
M +60 12 286 2973

Presentation Skills Workshop organised by YMP IMechE Malaysia on the 22nd Nov 2008

Fellow Young Member

Hope all is well with you. It is now time for our next technical event. We will be holding our very first Presentation Skills Workshop on the 22^nd of Nov 2008 at Monash University Malaysia. We sincerely hope that you will make the effort to attend this event as we have invited two regional champions for the Speak Out For Engineering Competition to take part in the workshop.

In addition to learning all the trade secrets in the art of making a presentation (which by the way most engineers aren't the best at!!) come and join us for some light snacks and refreshments and a networking session at Monash University. Oh and as usual its Free of Charge.

Please email yms.malaysia@gmail.com if you wish to book a place. Places are very limited so please book now!!

Further details are attached in this email.

See you all soon.

Satesh

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Dr Satesh Namasivayam

PhD (London) CEng MIMechE

Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering

Monash University Sunway Campus

Tel: + 6 03 5514 6201

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HAPPY DIWALI AND ALL THE BEST FOR YOUR EXAMS!

Dear All,

Happy Diwali to those who are celebrating this year. It's unfortunate that Deepavali falls during the exam week. Nevertheless, the festival of light is an auspicious moment for all Hindus out there. We had already brought up this matter during the dialogue session to the Mechanical Department Lecturers. They will bring it up at the college level during the coming meeting.

We would like to thank everyone who had participated in all the activities this semester. As for next semester, there will be more interesting activities line up for you guys. So hang into this blog as it gives you all the updates on the past, present and future activities. All the best for your exams! It is never over until the fat lady sings! Fight till the last drop of blood!

Regards,
IMechE-UNITEN Student Chapter Committee Members

Slides for Nuclear Energy Talk

Dear all,

Please click on the links below to obtain the slides for the nuclear energy talk held on 17th Oct 2008. Thank you.

http://www.freewebs.com/dannypstan/nuclear1.pdf
http://www.freewebs.com/dannypstan/nuclear2.pdf
http://www.freewebs.com/dannypstan/energy%20management.pdf

Talk on “Structural Integrity mechanical issues for the power generation industry”

Dear IMechE Member,

We are please invite you to the above-mentioned talk, which is FREE and subsidised by the IMechE Malaysia Branch. For further information, please refer to the attached flyer.

Ir. Michael Kwan
Honorary Secretary
IMechE Malaysia Branch

Please click here to view the flyer.

IMechE-UNITEN Official Club T-Shirt Has Arrived!

Dear Members,

We understand that some of you had ordered for quite some time and have not receive your t-shirts yet. In the midst of busy preparing for finals, the new stock of t-shirt has finally arrived. Please contact your respective representatives:

1. Dou Han (3rd Year) - 016-2569577
2. Yee Phing (1st Year)- 017-6383909
3. Madhav ( 2nd Year ) - 016-7062012
4. Dominic - 012-6962173

Please pay upon receiving the t-shirt. Hurry up while stock last. The t-shirt is still sold at a promotional price at RM25 but it will be sold at RM 30 next semester onwards. Thank you and all the best for your exams!

Meet the Students Session by Professor Hasan U. Akay (Chancellor Professor from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis on the 23rd October

Dear All,

There will be a meet the students session by Professor Hasan A. Ukay from the Purdue University, United States of America. It is on the 23rd October 2008 from 2pm-4.30pm in BN 2nd Floor (IMechE Accreditation Room). There will be refreshments and tea served throughout the session. It will be an informal one as you guys can give your opinion on the Mechanical Degree Programme in UNITEN.

In addition to that, Prof. Hasan is also willing to share his experiences in the mechanical world and will give a few pointers on how to become a competent engineer. It will be a first come, first serve basis. The Mechanical department needs only 3 students from each badge (year 1, year 2, year 3 and year 4). So what are you waiting for? Please e-mail your details (full name, Id, which year are you currently studying and your e-mail address) to uniten.imeche@gmail.com by 10am tomorrow.

IMechE-UNITEN Student Chapter Talk Series :Computational Science and Engineering for Discovery

Date :
22 October 2008 (Wednesday)

Time :
4.30 pm to 5.30 pm

Venue:
BW-G-R19 (Lecture Theatre)

Speaker:
Prof. Hasan U. Akay
(Chancellor’s Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Associate Dean
School of Engineering and Technology
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), USA)

Title of Talk:
Computational Science and Engineering for Discovery

Synopsis:

It is recognized today that the scientists and engineers of this century will be expected to solve problems of unprecedented complexities defining the natural phenomena which can only be solved with computer simulations. While the analytical solutions of these problems will not be possible due to complexity of the equations defining them, it will also be very difficult, if not impossible, to conduct experiments for most of them. These simulations need algorithm complexities and computing powers of unprecedented magnitudes in speed and memory, which will not be overcome by one discipline or one organization alone. As a result, computational science and engineering (CSE) has emerged during the last decade as an indispensable part of scientific and engineering investigations, where the emphasis is on the computation of science rather than the science of computation (i.e., CSE is different than computer science or computer engineering) . Parallel to this, scientific and engineering organizations in many developed countries have been investing heavily on building scientific and engineering computing environments called computing grids for shared usage of resources. These grids are formed by connecting the computer systems at geographically distant locations with fiber optics networks and are administered by various alliances. Mostly targeted for massive data sharing, research, and development, such grid alliances are designed to form community of researchers and educators sharing the hardware and software resources, expertise, and knowledge for scientific discoveries. While the parallel computing algorithms developed by subdividing a large problem into smaller parts and solving each part concurrently on distributed computer systems have long been used, a new computing paradigm called grid computing has emerged during the recent years to harness the enormous power of such computing grids. This has brought many opportunities as well as challenges. One such resource is the TeraGrid supported by the National Science Foundation in USA which houses more than 100 teraflops of computing power distributed at nine sites with facilities capable of data, high-resolution visualization environments, and tools for grid computing. There are already plans to extend the capabilities towards the petaflops level. Indiana and Purdue Universities are two of the sites of this alliance, while IUPUI is the Network Operations Center (NOC) of the facilities. In this talk, in addition to the overview of CSE degree programs and how they can be integrated into traditional engineering and science programs, we will give an overview of the challenges and opportunities brought by the grid computing technology. Experiences gained at the IUPUI Computational Fluid Dynamics Laboratory for solving large-scale computational fluid dynamics problems on the grid will be shared.

First Ever Dialogue Session Between IMechE-UNITEN Student Chapter and ME Department

MESC – Department Dialogue Session

Date: 17th Oct. 2008
Venue: EAC-ME Room (BN2-035)
Time: 9:00 am – 11:00 am

Agenda for Discussion:
1) The Curriculum
-Course content
-Delivery method
-Laboratory
-FYP
-IT


2) Student Development
-Counseling Services
-Student Workload
-Enthusiasm & Motivation
-Co-curricular activities
-Understanding of OBE, PO and CO


3) Academic & Support Staff
-Lecturer professional qualification & experience
-Lecturer teaching methods
-Lecturer command of language
-Lecturer motivation level, etc.
-The support from Lab Technician and other support staff (administration)


4) Facilities
-Lecture rooms – quantity provided / quality of A/V / environment
-Laboratory / Workshop – equipment condition / environment
-IT / Computer facility – adequacy of softwares and computers
-Library – quality and quantity of books, etc.
-Recreational facilities
-Student hostel environment, etc.


5) Any Other Matters

Dear Members,
Attached is the Agenda for the First Ever Dialogue Session Between IMechE-UNITEN Student Chapter and ME Department. All the feedbacks and questions that you guys had e-mailed to us will be discussed during the session. We will discuss and talk on your behalf on certain issues. The minutes and report of the discussion will be posted up in the website. This history in the making as this is the first time a student club organized an official dialogue session with the Senior Lecturers of ME Department. We hope for the very best for the ME students in UNITEN.

ME: GEARED FOR EXCELLENCE!!

Global Peace Festival 2008

Dear IMechE-UNITEN Student Chapter Members,

In celebration of Global Peace Festival 2008, IMechE-UNITEN Student Chapter has been invited to participate in this prestigious event. We would like to encourage our members to attend this festival. Those who are interested please submit your names, SID, IC No., HP. No, and e-mail to uniten.imeche@gmail.com by tomorrow. Please refer to the mail below for further information.

Thank You.
_
Secretariat
IMechE-UNITEN Student Chapter

COE & IMechE-UNITEN Student Chapter Talk Series

The talk scheduled on Friday has been revised as follow:

Date: Friday 17 October 2008
Venue: COIT Theatre BW-G-R28

TALK 1: "Importance of Energy Management and Tips of Energy Saving"
Speaker: Mr. Ponudurai Rajamanikam
Consultant,
Lumentech Engineering Corporation Sdn. Bhd.
Time: 2.45 - 3.30 pm

TALK 2: "Nuclear Energy"
Speaker: Dr. Mohd. Zamzam Jaafar
Head,
Nuclear Energy Taskforce,
Tenaga Nasional Berhad.
Time: 3.30 - 4.15 pm

Biodata of the Speaker:

Dr. Mohd Zamzam Bin Jaafar is currently the Head of Nuclear Energy Taskforce, Tenaga Nasional Berhad since 1 Jun 2008. He was the Managing Director, Malaysia Transformer Manufacturing Sdn. Bhd. (a subsidiary company of Tenaga Nasional Berhad) for 3.5 years from December 2004 till May 2008. Before joining MTM, he was Deputy Vice Chancellor (Management) of Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN).


Prior to that, he was the Chief Executive Officer of Pusat Tenaga Malaysia (MALAYSIA ENERGY CENTRE), a not-for-profit company, administered by the Ministry of Energy, Communications and Multimedia, Malaysia from 1 July 1998 until end-March 2002.


He served Tenaga Nasional Berhad (formerly National Electricity Board) since 1st Sept 1976 in power station operation, development planning, R&D and corporate planning & business development. Dr. Zamzam holds a BSc. and Ph.D. degrees in Nuclear Engineering from Queen Mary (and Westfield) College, London University.

Introduction of Boiler and Steam Engineers Power Point Slides

Dear IMechE members,

You may now download the power point presentation slides by clicking this link for the Talk on Introduction of Boiler and Steam Engineers by Ir. Luk Chau Beng on 10th Oct 2008

Regards,

IMechE UNITEN Student Chapter Multimedia Bureau

Report on IMechE-UNITEN Student Chapter Lecture: Power Generation

Venue: BM-010 Lecture Hall

Date: 26^th September 2008

Time: 3 pm – 5 pm

By: Ghokulesh

Last Friday on the 26^th of September 2008 IMechE organized the second lecture in the series entitled Power Generation and Career Opportunities. The lecture was held in the Student Lecture Hall in UNITEN’s engineering faculty. The invited speaker was Ir Fam Yew Hin, who is a Registered Professional Engineer with BEM and a Corporate Member of IEM . The talk serves to introduce students to power generation, an area of utmost important for it provides electricity and ensure uninterrupted economic activity of a nation. Attendance was encouraging despite many students have returned hometown for preparation of Hari Raya.

During the lecture, Mr Yew Hin introduce us on methods that are used today to generate power; thermal power generation (steam and gas turbine, combined cycle gas turbine) and geothermal system, hydroelectric, wind turbine, solar power system, and nuclear power generation. He explained and elaborated on the most widely used power generation, which are the steam and gas power plant in Malaysia. This is enumerated through the statistics displayed regarding the percentage of power generated from respective methods; gas 66%, coal 29%, hydro 5.03%, and others 0.15%.

Mr Yew Hin also explained briefly on the mechanism and principle of operation of each power generation methods. He elaborated on the conventional method in Malaysia, the steam and gas turbine power systems. He also touched on the Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT). Their operations were clearly articulated through the diagrams displayed from the laptop slides. He also gave examples of these types of power plants in Malaysia.

We also learn of the economic viability in resorting to these two types of power plants where Mr Yew Hin explained on their pros and cons. The only problem that we face in the long run is the depleting natural resources; coal and oil. These are the two components that our plants run on.

As the talk ended, emcee Tiliban uttered words of appreciation and gratitude to Mr Yew Hin, followed by the giving of souvenir by IMechE President Dominic Hua.

Students registering their names upon attending the talk

Ir Fam Yew Hin preparing for his lecture

Mr Ye Hin giving lecture to students

Part of presentation regarding steam turbine operation

Handling of souvenir to Ir Fam Yew Hin by Dominic